Sunday, February 8, 2009

How To Track A Hurricane

Hurricane watches and warnings are issued when the storms get close to the U.S. You can track the progress of storms by listening to the coordinates given by your television meteorologists. Or you can regularly check on http://www.fema.gov/cgi-shl/kidsgoodbye.pl?url=http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/ for the latest longitude and latitude locations issued by the National Hurricane Center.

I will be updating my Hurricane Tracker chart every 12-24 hours. I will be providing you with new corrdinates at 7 pm every night. Visit my blog to track each storms movement. You are welcomed to join along.
A copy of a tracking map can be found at:
http://secoora.org/classroom/hurricane/hurricane-tracking-chart.png
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Hurricane Terms

TROPICAL STORM WATCH - Tropical Storm conditions with sustained winds from 39 -74 mph are possible in your area within the next 36 hours.

TROPICAL STORM WARNING - Tropical Storm conditions are expected in your area within the next 24 hours.

HURRICANE WATCH - Hurricane conditions with sustained winds of 74 mph or greater are possible in your area within the next 36 hours. This WATCH should trigger your family's disaster plan, and protective measures should be initiated. Especially, those actions that require extra time such as securing a boat and leaving a barrier island.

HURRICANE WARNING - Hurricane conditions are expected in your area within 24 hours. Once this WARNING has been issued, your family should be in the process of completing protective actions and deciding the safest location to be during the storm.